prairieraven 's review for:

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was recommended to me 2 years ago by a collegue (and before that by another acquaintance). Enjoyed the book a lot and want to read more but I'm not in a huge rush to continue for now. My only dislike was lack of female characters that had any depth. Felt like a manic pixie dream girl in a misfit of men. 

Good fit for fans of fantasy, world building, heists, puzzles, treasure hunting, magic and stories underdogs/unlikely heroes.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism